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Hi MikeT,
I'm pasting something I wrote in a similar thread:
"
If you are in the
U.S. taking the English version of the tests,
they will be linear.
That means you will be able to go over the 80 questions
as much as you like until your 90 minutes runs out.
The current U.S. English versions of the test are:
'220-301: A+ 2003 Linear Core Hardware Exam'
&
'220-302: A+ 2003 Linear OS Technologies Exam'

Try to take your time reading the questions carefully,
but don't take much time answering them on the first pass.
There will be a check box available at the top of every
screen to mark the question for review.
Taking time to read and reread the
question carefully will help avoid incorrectly
answering the questions simply due to missing a double negative
(such as 'which of these is not unnecessary...') or overlooking the
'check all that apply' instruction.
However, when it comes to pondering which answer is best,
give yourself the luxury of spare time and try to pick
an answer quickly on the first pass.
One of many reasons for this is that often a later question will reveal
useful information or at least jog your memory with regard to
some earlier point.

Mark for Review any question you have any
unsettling feeling about even if you think you answered it correctly
but found something in its wording that seemed weird.
Often on the second or third pass you'll discover that the question
is using misleading phrases to try to throw you off the topic.
Don't despair if you seem to be marking a lot of questions for
review on the first pass. Even with careful reading there's no reason
you can't answer all 80 questions with your best
guess in just over an hour.
That'll leave you at least 20 minutes to carefully consider the marked
questions again.

Most questions make no mention of 'Pick two' or 'Choose all that apply' etc.
For these there is only one best answer.
If you see a multiple choice response that includes a phrase
you're unfamiliar with just scrutinize the other responses
more. Often eliminating bad responses is enough.

The exam supervisor will check your picture id and at least one other id.
There will be a legal form to sign and a sign-in book.
All your 'stuff' should either be left behind (like in your car),
or you will have to give it to the exam supervisor to lock
away or hold onto for you. By 'stuff,' in particular, I mean
electronic items (like cell phones and calculators),
paper items (notebooks and pads), and most personal items
that can store stuff (like wallets and purses); though, it's best not to
try and figure out what might be a possible exception to
these banned items unless you have a special need
(like medicine, in which case you should let them know ahead
of time).

They will provide you with a clean writing
surface (paper or wax board) and a writing implement
(that's right, you can't bring your own pens).
After taking both tests I can tell you I had no real need for
the wax sheet they gave me.
It was reassuring to know I could jot a note or two down,
but it hardly mattered.
One practical use for this sheet that I've used on other
(not Comptia) exams is to quickly jot down some
important route memory items right at the beginning of the exam.
These bullet type 'must remember' items are not that
important on Comptia's exam, but
you may already be aware from practice tests
you've taken that there are a couple things that
you tend to invert or otherwise mix up
in your memory over and over.
If it's a short list, you might want to try
memorizing off a (small) cram sheet
minutes before the exam; then,
jot them down on the provided wax sheet just
after the exam begins.

Please don't be rattled when a question appears that
seems to have nothing to do with any part
of any book you studied.
Just calmly do your best as always, eliminating the usual
one or two really bad answers
then move on. Know that there may be a
couple of 'experimental' questions on the exam
that won't even be counted against your
score, but there is just no way to
know which questions these are.
Scoring is a mystery. No one seems to know
for sure what a score means or how it's determined.
Apparently, questions that ask for more than one answer
count more in some way, but I don't really know.
If all the questions counted the same (let's say they were all valid,
choose-one, multiple choice questions)
then a rough, rule-of-thumb, estimate would be that you
need to get 44 of the 80 questions correct.
So, you're doing well if you feel dead certain
about 50 questions. That means even if you mark
20 to 30 for review, you have an excellent chance
so long as you budgeted your time well enough to
really go over those review questions thoroughly.

Good luck !
"

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"miket" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> about to sit my two exams on friday - panicing like mad now and doing
> some last minute cramming information into my brain
>
> Just got one question - has anyone any idea on how the scoring works,
> what the pass score and percentage rate is?
>
> Cheers
>
> Mike
>
> Once i sat the exams i'll be here to give a help to anyone who has got
> questions about them
>
>
>
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